Race No. 14
Texaco/Havoline 200
Elkhart Lake — Wisconsin
August 15 — August 17, 1997
Saturday Qualifying Report
| pos | car | driver | laptime | mph | km/h | % best time |
| 1 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 113.224 | 128.708 | 207.091 | 100.00% |
| 2 | 11 | Christan Fittipaldi | 128.174 | 113.695 | 182.936 | 113.20% |
| 3 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 128.229 | 113.647 | 182.858 | 113.25% |
| 4 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 130.903 | 111.325 | 179.122 | 115.61% |
| 5 | 27 | Parker Johnstone | 134.340 | 108.477 | 174.539 | 118.65% |
| 6 | 77 | Gualter Salles | 139.559 | 104.420 | 168.012 | 123.26% |
| 7 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 147.275 | 98.950 | 159.210 | 130.07% |
| 8 | 64 | Arnd Meier | 156.429 | 93.159 | 149.893 | 138.16% |
| 9 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 164.129 | 88.789 | 142.861 | 144.96% |
| 10 | 1 | Jimmy Vasser | 166.832 | 87.350 | 140.546 | 147.35% |
| 11 | 98 | PJ Jones | 167.661 | 86.918 | 139.851 | 148.08% |
| 12 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 194.463 | 74.939 | 120.576 | 171.75% |
| 13 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | no time | |||
| 14 | 3 | Paul Tracy | no time | |||
| 15 | 4 | Alex Zanardi | no time | |||
| 16 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | no time | |||
| 18 | 9 | Dario Franchitti | no time | |||
| 19 | 16 | Patrick Carpentier | no time | |||
| 20 | 18 | Mark Blundell | no time | |||
| 21 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | no time | |||
| 22 | 21 | Richie Hearn | no time | |||
| 23 | 25 | Max Papis | no time | |||
| 24 | 32 | Adrian Fernandez | no time | |||
| 25 | 34 | Charlie Nearburg | no time | |||
| 26 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | no time |